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Sep 23, 2009 23:11 |  #1

Took out the trusty ol' 20D. It looked so lonely in the bag. Buch of canadian geese were hanging out at the park.

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Sep 23, 2009 23:13 |  #2

Wow. That's a nice non-competing background.


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Sep 24, 2009 03:22 |  #3

Nice portrait


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Sep 24, 2009 07:48 |  #4

Very nice portrait composition. The actual name is Canada Goose.


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Sep 24, 2009 11:59 |  #5

Nighthound wrote in post #8700673 (external link)
Very nice portrait composition. The actual name is Canada Goose.

CANADIAN GEESE.


Every once in a while the question "Canada goose (external link) or Canadian goose?" is used as yet another pedantic shibboleth, and I am pleased to find a birding page (external link) by Lisa Shea that addresses the issue with good sense and as scientific an attitude as any linguist could ask:

The vast majority of English speaking people call the goose that is large and has a black head—Branta canadensis—a Canadian Goose. However, its original name was a CANADA Goose.
Remember, the official name for any bird is its Latin name. So the "real" name for this creature is Branta canadensis. That's because the bird probably has 200 different names in 200 different languages, based on its colors, its sounds, its habitat or many other reasons. Birds get named after people, after habits, after all sorts of things. The Latin name is the same around the world for that bird.
So it's true that at one point in time the Branta canadensis was called a Canada Goose, because it was often seen flying towards Canada and living there. You could now just as easily call it a North American Goose since it is found all over North America and lives just about anywhere. It has adapted to live all across the US and into Mexico too.
So over the years, the name has changed to be Canadian Goose in English. Just like people in the 1600s used to call pumpkins "Pompions" and call vegetables "potherbs", we have changed what we typically call the Branta canadensis to Canadian Goose.

In Canada, by the way, francophones call it bernache du Canada.

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Sep 24, 2009 13:08 as a reply to  @ terryger's post |  #6

Either name....its a great shot...the framing really sets it off as well


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Sep 24, 2009 13:50 |  #7

I just call them honkers. :lol:


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Sep 25, 2009 17:15 |  #8

Honkers is right. Nice closeup.


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Sep 26, 2009 06:29 |  #9

Nice shot but I think your quote is wrong. Most people still call them Canada Geese.




  
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Sep 26, 2009 11:23 as a reply to  @ snowyowl13's post |  #10

Canadian Flag. Canadian beer.Canadian province's. Canada Goose.:D

Nice closeup.they are a tough bird at times to get.


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